Провальная игра оставила компанию на $27,7 млрд (Включите автосубтитры)

В 2012 Баттерфилд плакал, закрывая Glitch. Осталось ~8 из 40 и ~$4 млн. Внутренний чат стал Slack: $1 млн за недели, единорог в 2014, листинг ~$23 млрд в 2019; Salesforce — EV $27,7 млрд. ⏱ Timestamps 0:00 Salesforce paid $27.7B — for a leftover chat tool 0:38 Preview: dead game → $27.7B · tears · the leftover 1:03 2009: Butterfield famous for Flickr, not chat 1:11 Game Neverending fails → Flickr → Yahoo ~$25M 1:59 Tiny Speck · Glitch · Accel + a16z 2:47 Glitch dies: Flash, leaky bucket, board note 3:31 The call: Butterfield cries · Dec 9, 2012 3:50 Hire A Genius · 40 → 8 · ~$4M left 4:20 Twist: the internal chat tool becomes Slack 5:10 Ben Horowitz doubted · “horrible idea” 5:38 Feb 12, 2014 launch · $1M in weeks 6:13 Oct 2014: $120M raise · $1.12B unicorn 7:05 Revenue climb · S-1 scale (10M+ DAU) 7:34 Jun 20, 2019 direct listing · ~$23B 8:07 Dec 2020: Salesforce · $27.7B EV 8:33 Jul 21, 2021: deal closes 8:37 The full arc: two failed games → $27.7B 9:12 3 lessons 📚 Sources • Salesforce press — acquisition close (Jul 21, 2021) — https://www.salesforce.com/news/press-rele... • CNBC — Salesforce buys Slack for $27.7B (Dec 1, 2020) — https://www.cnbc.com/2020/12/01/salesforce... • Ars Technica — $27.7B deal terms — https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2020/12/sa... • TechCrunch — The Slack origin story (2019) — https://techcrunch.com/2019/05/30/the-slac... • WIRED — Mat Honan profile; crying on the phone (2014) — https://www.wired.com/2014/08/the-most-fas... • a16z — John O'Farrell on Glitch / whisky note / Hire A Genius — https://a16z.com/announcement/slack/ • CNBC — Slack the billion-dollar accident (2014) — https://www.cnbc.com/2014/10/31/slack-the-... • TechCrunch — Slack exits beta (Feb 12, 2014) — https://techcrunch.com/2014/02/12/slack-ex... • Reuters — Slack direct listing ~$23B (Jun 20, 2019) — https://www.reuters.com/article/technology... • SEC S-1 — Slack Technologies (DAU, revenue FY2017–19) — https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/17... • Building Slack — death of Glitch oral history — https://buildingslack.com/the-death-of-gli... • Flickr blog — Yahoo acquires Flickr (2005) — https://blog.flickr.net/en/2005/03/20/yaho... 🎵 Music & SFX: original background music and sound effects generated for this video by the Success Story channel (no third-party copyrighted tracks). This video is for educational purposes only and is not financial advice. Not affiliated with Slack, Salesforce, Flickr, Yahoo, Accel, or Andreessen Horowitz. Figures come from the cited public reports; the $27.7B figure is the announced enterprise value.